Long Island’s best Festival outside of Huntington is around the corner – Columbus Day weekend (October 5-9) is the annual Hampton International Film Festival (HIFF). For nine of the last 10 years, we have celebrated 2-5 days of incredible films, food, and fun out east.

Rev. Kimberly Gaines-Gambino, president of the Helping Hand Rescue Mission, is determined to continue the legacy her late parents left, while introducing a new program that focuses on assisting local moms and their babies.

Writing is a passion, not a profession for Stephen Medici, a volunteer firefighter and EMT with Halesite Fire Department. In light of that, with each book he has authored, Medici donates the proceeds to a worthy charity.

A group of Town of Huntington residents made their way down to Texas last Thursday night into early Friday morning with five sprinter vans, two box trucks and two tractor trailers loaded with supplies donated by the community to aid victims of Hurricane Harvey.

A trio of women with Huntington roots were featured on episode nine of Steve Harvey’s “Funderdome;” a new reality show on ABC through which entrepreneurs pitch their products to a live studio audience in an attempt to win funding against a competing inventor.